New Delhi, Dec. 27 -- India on Friday said it is committed to bring back from abroad the economic fugitives including Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya to face the law in the country.

The assertion by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) came days after Lalit Modi, in a video posted on social media, joked about his and Mallya's status as the "two biggest fugitives" of India.

"We are the two fugitives, the biggest fugitives of India," he was heard saying.

Video removed later

The video from a party for Mallya's 70th birthday in London was removed later.

In the caption, Modi appeared to be sarcastic as he wrote: "Let's break the internet down in India again."

Asked about the now deleted video, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the gove...